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VI INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL

“VILA DE PLATJA D’ARO”

From June 24th to July 1st of 2018

XVCatalan Circuit ofInternational Open Chess Tournaments 2018

Grand Prize Award of Government of Catalonia

The Chess Club of Platja d'Aro and Costa Brava Chess School in cooperation with Castell-Platja d'Aro Council City announce the Sixth Edition of the International Chess Festival that will be held in the hotel AROMAR (106, Passeig Maritim) and NAUTICAL PORT D'ARO CLUB (8, Nautic Street) in the following categories:

LEGENDS

TOURNAMENT "LEGENDS OF WORLD CHESS-2":

FROM JUNE 24th TILL JULY 1st of 2018

PLAYING HALL: HOTEL "AROMAR", LOUNGE "NIEBLA"

With the participation of Anatoly Karpov (Russia), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia), Eugene Torre (Philippines) and Anatoly Vaisser (France). 6 Games in the range of "rapid" chess (25 minutes + 10 seconds) and 12 games in the "blitz" (5 minutes + 3 seconds). The winner is determined by the amount of points in the "rapid" chess and "blitz".

OPEN GROUP A

INTERNATIONAL OPEN GROUP A (Valid for ELO FCDE/FEDA/FIDE and to fulfill the norms of international titles)

From June 24th till July 1st of 2018

PLAYING HALL: NAUTICAL PORT D'ARO CLUB, MULTIPURPOSE HALL

The tournament is open for all players with valid federative license and it is required to have ELO FIDE** (The tournatment is valid for the XV Catalan Circuit of International Chess Open Tournaments of 2018).